The fonds mostly consists of survey reports and other economic studies for Thamesford, between the years 2008 and 2014, that were created by or for the Thamesford Taking Action Group (T’TAGG) for which Marie Keasey served as Director.
The fonds consists of financial records created by Les McKerral, Woodstock Barber and range in dates from 1938 to 1999.
McKerral, Leslie (Les) JohnThe collection consists of 11 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to:
File 1: Utting-McKinney Northgate Towers High Rise, Woodstock. – 1971-1974.
File 2: Goff High Rise Application Huron Street, Woodstock. – 1971-1975.
File 3: Happening ’73, Woodstock. – 1973.
File 4: Ingersoll Avenue Reconstruction, Woodstock. – 1973-1978.
File 5: Devonshire Avenue Subdivision, Woodstock. – 1974-1975.
File 6: Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce. – 31 January – 31 December 1974. (includes Happening ’74)
File 7: “Save the Golf Course”, Woodstock Golf Club. – 1974-1977.
File 8: Admiral Riddell Development Limited Condominiums – Northgate Towers, Woodstock. – 1976.
File 9: Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce. – 1975-1976. (includes Happening ’75)
File 10: Goff Application for Zoning By-law change on Huron Street, Woodstock. – 1976.
File 11: Innerkip Area Ratepayers Association. – 1977-1978, 1997.
The fonds consists of various materials relating to the life of Joseph W. Boyle as well as the repatriation of his body to Woodstock in 1983 from Hampton Hills, England. Such materials include:
Miscellaneous information:
- Oxford Historical Society Newsletters re. Joe Boyle
- Correspondence
- Russian Decorations
- Outline for Military Funeral Procession for Joe Boyle in Woodstock – 1983.
Newspaper articles:
- life of Joe Boyle (Klondike days and military career during WWI)
- Joe Boyle Repatriation Committee / Repatriation of Joe Boyle’s body to Woodstock
Photographs and Negatives:
- Joe Boyle (throughout his lifetime including years in the Klondike, military career, etc)
- Yukon Trip – 1976. (Len Taylor, Ruth Taylor, Ed Bennett, Lee Bennett and Flora Boyle Frisch)
- Flora Boyle Frisch (daughter of Joe Boyle) – 1982.
- Hampton Hill, England gravesite – 1982.
- Joe Boyle Monument, Woodstock. – [198-].
- Joe Boyle Repatriation – 1983.
- Joe Boyle Day, Woodstock – 1983.
Beta Video:
- Joe Boyle Day 1983 and Flora Bole Frisch Interview Cassettes:
- Dawson City: Land of the Midnight Sun produced by Miriam Evans & Cathy Jones-Gates,
manufactured by Finley-Holiday Film Corp. – nd. - Flo Whyard on “Morning Side” on CBC. – nd. (name Martha Black is also written on the cassette)
- Interview with Len W. “Red” Taylor by Kathie Richards, recorded at Woodstock, ON. – 25 September 1985.
- Interview with Ed Bennett on Klondike Joe Boyle by Kathie Richards. – 10 May 1985.
The fonds consist of a wide spectrum of documents that relate to the reconstruction of Vansittart Avenue and the formation, and subsequent activities of, the Vansittart Area Association Inc. Records range from the local, provincial and national level and include such topics as the road width, provincial government subsidy, street parking and lighting, tree preservation along the street and flower planting in the boulevard in Vansittart Park. The fonds also touches on the Association’s input into the possibility of a truck by-pass in Woodstock, the creation of the Oxford County Official Plan (specifically the section on historical buildings and sites), the selling of St. Joseph’s Academy building on Vansittart Avenue to Timard Properties, train noise within city limits, and the condition of 53 Vansittart Avenue. Materials included within the fonds include correspondence, newspaper clippings, agendas, and reports as well as maps and drawings.
Vansittart Area Association Inc.The fonds consists of records related to Hudson’s Department Store in Woodstock, Ontario as well as its sister store in Stratford, Ontario and the Shapiro family. It is arranged into the following Series and Subseries:
Series 1: Land Records
Subseries A: Assessment
Subseries B: Mortgages
Subseries C: Leases
Subseries D: Agreements
Subseries E: Correspondence
Series 2: Finance
Subseries A: Cash Books
Subseries B: Receipts
Subseries C: Correspondence
Series 3: Insurance
Subseries A: Policies
Subseries B: Sundries
Subseries 4: Advertising Scrapbooks
Subseries 5: Signage
Series 6: Miscellaneous
Subseries A: Correspondence
Subseries B: WWII
Subseries C: Christmas
Subseries D: Photographs
Subseries E: Promotional Materials
The fonds consists of records related to local businesses, schools, churches, and built heritage in Woodstock, Ontario, as well as materials related to other communities within Oxford County. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Photographs & Postcards
Sub-series A: Postcards
Sub-series B: Souvenir Postcard Booklet
Series 2: Businesses
Sub-series A: Woodstock
Sub-series B: Ingersoll
Series 3: Ephemera
Series 4: Stamp Collection
Series 5: Scrapbooks
The fonds consist of various materials related to the personal activities of John White and his family, as well as the corporate records related to John White Company Ltd. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Personal
Subseries A: John White
- Sub-subseries 1: Correspondence
- Sub-subseries 2: Will
- Sub-subseries 3: Property
- Sub-subseries 4: Military
- Miscellaneous
Subseries B: White Family - Sub-subseries 1: David White & Co. (David White & George White)
- Sub-subseries 2: F.W. White
- Sub-series 3: James White
- Sub-subseries 4: John J. White
- Sub-subseries 5: Percival G. White
- Sub-subseries 6: W.K. White
- Sub-subseries 7: Miscellaneous
Photographs
Newspaper Clippings
Scrapbook
Subseries C: Extended family - Sub-subseries 1: McKenzie family
- Sub-subseries 2: Hoodless Family
- Sub-subseries 3: Remington Family
Subseries D: Miscellaneous Local People and Events
Series 2: Professional
Subseries A: Financial Statements
Subseries B: Financial Books
- Sub-subseries 1: Accounts Books
- Sub-subseries 2: Cash Books
- Sub-subseries 3: Sales Books
Subseries C: Miscellaneous - Sub-subseries 1: Newspaper clippings (including 100th Anniversary)
- Sub-subseries 2: Bills
- Sub-subseries 3: Sundry items
The fonds consists of records related to the operations of the Woodstock Barbers’ Association and is arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Legislation
Series 2: Minutes
Series 3: Financial
Series 4: Correspondence
Series 5: Petitions and Surveys
Series 6: Ontario Barbers’ Association
Series 7: Miscellaneous
The fonds consists of records related to the business operations of Wood-Mosaic Limited including time sheets, advertisements, and a general history.
Wood-Mosaic Limited, WoodstockThe fonds consists of various materials related to the history of the Community of Beachville and include the following series:
Series 1: Police Village of Beachville
A: Minutes – 1922 – 1955
Series 2: Beachville Hydro Electric System
A: Minutes – 1917-1980
B: Financial – 1912-1960
C: Meter Registers – ca. 1950s – 1983
Series 3: South-West Oxford Public Utility Commission (P.U.C.)
A: Minutes – 1980-1995
The fonds consists of records related to the Kirk family, of Woodstock, Ontario. It is arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Photographs
Kirk family
The fonds consist of the Letters Patent and Shareholder information, as well as two gristing books and a ledger showing yields from the mill.
Tavistock Milling Company LimitedThe fonds consists of one ledger book that includes the By-laws of The Simister Company Limited, as well as the Minutes of Stakeholders Meetings and the Minutes of the Directors Meeting from February 1902- January 1921.
The Simister Company LimitedThe fonds consists of one ledger compiled by Alexander E. Grant, Woodstock Shoemaker between the years 1905 and 1919.
Grant, Alexander E.The fonds consists of financial records related to the Cassel Cheese and Butter Manufacturing Association.
Cassel Cheese & Butter Manufacturing AssociationThe fonds consists of one financial ledger created by Henry Vogan between the years 1900-1914.
Vogan, HenryThe fonds consists of legal records related to the pipeline used to convey water to the cheese company, as well as the sale of the factory in 1913.
Spring Cheese Manufacturing CompanyThe fonds consists of one financial ledger created and compiled by J.W. Taylor between the years 1906-1907. It appears he operated a drug store.
Taylor, J.W.The fonds consists of records created and compiled by William Grey and is arranged into the following Series and Subseries:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Diaries
Series 3: Financial
Subseries 1: Accounts
Subseries 2: Receipts
Series 4: Marriage and Deaths
Series 5: Land Records
Series 6: Militia
Series 7: Miscellaneous